CHRISTMAS EVE
PRELUDE: Of the Father’s Love Begotten (Piano and Organ Duet) arr. by Gene Roberson; Emily Lacina, piano; Peter Bates, Organ
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP, WITH THE LIGHTING OF THE CHRIST CANDLE
SCRIPTURE LESSON: Isaiah 9:2b
SONG: Light the Candle (Carl Schalk)
PRAYER OF PRAISE
HYMN: Once in Royal David’s City [Irby]
PRAYER
SCRIPTURE LESSON: Luke 2:1-7
ANTHEM: Jesus, Jesus Rest your Head American Folk Carol/arr. Mack Wilberg
Jesus, Jesus, rest your head, you have got a manger bed. All the little ones on earth sleep in comfort at their birth. Have you heard about our Jesus? Have you heard about his fate? How his mother went to the stable on that Christmas Eve so late? Winds were blowing, stars were glowing. All the little ones on earth sleep in comfort at their birth. Jesus, Jesus, rest your head, you have got a manger bed.
SCRIPTURE LESSON: Isaiah 9:6-7
HYMN: Born in the Night, Mary’s Child [Mary’s Child]
SERMON: “Help from Beyond, Part 5: The Gift that Keeps on Giving”
ANTHEM: I Too Shall Walk to Bethlehem
I too shall walk to Bethlehem along each lonely road; I did not have the strength until I heard the story told. There is a place where all may rest and set down any load: in a stable where once a child was born. I too shall walk to Bethlehem on through the darkest night; I did not have the courage until I saw the holy light of brightest star to guide my way on to the holy site of a stable where once a child was born. I too shall walk to Bethlehem and never shall I fall; I did not have the heart until I heard the angels call, and quicken then each eager step, with tidings for us all, to a stable where once a child was born. I too shall walk to Bethlehem, for now I know the way lies with a child who lies within asleep where oxen lay. The road to heaven shall begin that blessed Christmas day from a stable where once a child was born [Mark Bratcher]
PRAYER
SUNG PRAYER RESPONSE: We Wait the Peaceful Kingdom [Merle’s Tune]
CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION
INVITATION AND WORDS OF INSTITUTION
PRAYER
PARTAKING OF THE FEAST
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
LIGHTING OF THE CANDLES
HYMN: Silent Night, Holy Night [Stille Nacht]
BENEDICTION
HYMN: Joy to the World [Antioch]
POSTLUDE: Christmas Fantasy (Organ Duet) by Charles Callahan; Organ Duet with Peter Bates and Emily Lacina
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